Artist Quote by Nam June Paik

A blank canvas...has unlimited possibilities.

— Stephanie Perkins

Cover the canvas at the first go, then work at it until you see nothing more to add.

— Camille Pissarro

I often use an old canvas and I particularly enjoy painting over something I've already done, allowing bits to come jumping through accidentally.

— Myfanwy Pavelic

When I begin, theoretically and practically I can smear anything I want on the canvas. Then there's a condition I have to react to,…

— Gerhard Richter

A canvas is an arena in which to act.

— Jackson Pollock

To end up with a canvas that is no less beautiful than the empty canvas is to begin with.

— Robert Motherwell

You just don't know when you get all the paint across the canvas how it will turn out. When you step back after you've…

— Ridley Scott

I see the canvas and I begin... It's a necessary evil to get into the work, and it's pretty marvelous to be able to…

— Willem de Kooning

I never know what I'm going to put on the canvas. The canvas paints itself. I'm just the middleman.

— Peter Max

You know when you take the paint off an old canvas and you discover that something's been painted underneath it? That's what I feel…

— Carly Simon

The important thing is to remember what most impressed you and to put it on canvas as fast as possible.

— Pierre Bonnard

I love putting paint on canvas, getting lost in the process of painting.

— Paul Simonon